MyWatch ex-chairman granted leave to appeal unlawful detention


PUTRAJAYA: Former Malaysian Crime Watch Task Force (MyWatch) chairman R. Sri Sanjeevan (pic) can appeal to the Federal Court against the dismissal of a ruling in declaring his 16-day detention under the Prevention of Crime Act 1959 (Poca) as unlawful.

The Federal Court three-member bench led by Justice Datuk Mary Lim Thiam Suan together with Datuk Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil in a 2-1 majority decision granted leave to Sanjeevan as the applicant to appeal against the Court of Appeal's decision, however, Datuk Rhodzariah Bujang dissented.

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